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mixermanic
10-17-2007, 11:44 PM
Hi guys,

I am planning to start developing a few small custom tools to use within Max and Maya - in C++ for Maya and .NET (C#) for Max.

I last loaded VS2005 about a year ago on another system, and I vaguely remember that once it was installed it slowed my system down (whether that was because it was running a lot of background services or not I don't know).

Is it a particularly bad idea to install VS2005 on a production workstation that is mainly used for modelling and animation? I realise the partition it is on has to have Max + Maya installed so one can test things out, but it seems overkill to have a specific "development" partition (given that I am a one man operation)...

...unless it really will slow down Windows on that system?

Thanks!

Martin
beaker
10-18-2007, 02:17 AM
I haven't installed VS in many years but if it is like most Microsoft products, you can turn off about 3/4 of those services on your own. I turn off half the default Windows services as it is.
dlanier
10-18-2007, 08:11 AM
Hi,

We have on each computer 3DSMax, Maya and VS 2005 and nothing is slowing down...
No services from VS2005 are running (as far as we know) but it may come from you machine that is slow or the antivirus.
We use Pentium Dual core hyperthreaded with 2Gb of RAM and GeForce 8800, so it may be possible that any slowing down is invisible :-)
Regards,
Robert Bateman
10-18-2007, 01:45 PM
I've got

max 7,8,9,2008 +
maya 6.0,6.5,7.0,8.0,8.5,2008 +
Xsi 5.0,6.0,6.5 +
motionbuilder 7.0,7.5 +
endorphin (about 10 dev and release versions) +
morpheme (about 10 dev and release versions) +
houdini +
visual C++ 2003, 2005

all installed side by side on a single partition. I've never noticed any slowdowns.... I can't envisage any problems (unless you have a single core machine and are trying to run more than one app at a time).
mixermanic
10-18-2007, 02:05 PM
Fair enough! Thank you :-)

No I'm on Quad Core 6600 with 4GB RAM... So that should be fine.

Thanks!

Martin
scorpion007
10-20-2007, 08:26 AM
That bloody service pack* takes forever to install.. That's about it...

* VS2005 SP1
mixermanic
10-20-2007, 09:55 AM
That bloody service pack* takes forever to install.. That's about it...

* VS2005 SP1

Haha! Yes I seem to remember downloading it when it was first released and it took ages...
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